Source: Fast Company.
Imagine a city of 18 million people, a place with few road markings and little signage, and a shambles of rickshaws, motorbikes, trucks, buses, and cars. Now imagine trying to take public transit without a map, and not knowing which company’s services go where. Many of us get pissed off getting around town, but Dhaka–Bangladesh’s capital–surely takes a gong for urban inconvenience.
To do something about it, a Boston-based group of technologists has come up with a plan: Ask locals what might improve their city (normally, nobody asks), and develop a map that helps people get around (even long-time residents don’t know all the routes, they point out). By improving the bus experience, they hope to encourage ridership, and mitigate a growing trend toward private vehicle ownership. Like many developing-world cities, Dhaka is being choked by its own economic success.
Categories: Asia, Bangladesh